# Technology Qualification & Development Programme - Bend Stiffener Connectors - Stage 1 2013

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT](/buyers/offshore-renewable-energy-catapult/contract-awards)
- Supplier: DNV AS
- Award value: £115,000
- Tender value: £115,000
- Award date: 27 April 2023
- Published: 11 May 2023
- Contract start: 3 May 2023
- Contract end: 18 October 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: af4e1beb-5b7a-4346-ab27-1a76f7b6a5a3-644170
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c27139f0-8b34-4b4b-828a-5f601d675464

## Description

The project is intended to deliver the following objectives: • Identification and selection of two independent and capable suppliers of BSCs for FOW applications; • For each selected supplier, development of a tailored Technology Qualification Plan in conjunction with a recognised Class Society\. Developed TQ plans will increase the technology's TRL to a level that will allow deployment in the first commercial scale floating farms; • For each developed TQ plan, identification of suitable funding, enabling test capability and resource required to support the delivery of the TQ plan\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af4e1beb-5b7a-4346-ab27-1a76f7b6a5a3-644170)